Navigating our way through Figurative Language!

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Navigating our way through Figurative Language!design by Dóri Sirály for PreziFigurative language is a word or phrase that does not have an everyday, literal meaningAuthors will use figurative language for comparison and dramatic purposesThere are many types of figurative language.What examples can YOU think of?!An idiom is an expression common to a particular culture that does not mean what it literally says. You have to learn the meanings of idioms, just like you learn the meanings of words.It's raining cats and dogs! (Turn and share what you think this may mean.)Also think about: I am feeling a little under the weather, and I think I have bit off more than I can chew.Figurative Language, what is it? Alliteration is repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words, OR within a word.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to wakenAlliteration is very significant to poetry and plays several roles.It provides a work with musical rhythms.Poems that use alliteration are read and recited with more interest and appeal.Poems with alliteration can be easier to memorize.Alliteration lends structure, flow, and beauty to any piece of writing.ALLITERATIONIDIOMSA hyperbole is an exaggerated statement.An example: "My book bag weighs a ton!"Your listeners understand you are exagerting in order to make a point."You could have knocked me over with a feather."Take a look at this hyperbole poem:HYPERBOLE An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like its meaning."The burning wood hissed and crackled."BAM!! BOOM!! WHOOSH! MEOW! OINK! WACK!These are only a few examples. Can YOU think of a few?!ONOMATOPOEIA My DogHis bark breaks the sound barrierHis nose is as cold as an ice box.A wag of his tail causes hurricanesHis jumping causes falling rocks.He eats a mountain of dog foodAnd drinks a water fall dry.But though he breaks the bankHe’s the apple of my eye.What is the author saying about his dog?Read each hyperbole and explain the literal language. Literal=what is really being saidPERSONIFICATIONPersonification is giving human characteristics to objects, animals, and ideasThe sun played hide and seek with the clouds!The sky was full of dancing stars!SIMILE/METAPHORSimiles are comparisons using LIKE or ASStacy's smile was as bright as the sun.It's as clean as a whistle.You've been as busy as a bee!Metaphors are comparisons WITHOUT using like or asYou are a couch potato.He has a heart of gold.